Lastly, the Aztecs possessed more of an independent common class, which was one of the most populace social classes, than the Incas. ... Not only was the Aztec government a simple system, but the social classes were simple as well. At the top of the social scale was the hereditary nobility. ... On top of a remarkable system of labor, the Aztecs had a way of giving the common social class a vast amount of independence. ... The women were allowed to own land and enter into contracts, unlike the women in the Incan society. ...

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The article a "New View of Reconstruction" by author Eric Foner exams and debunks the traditional bias interoperation of reconstruction prior to 1960's. The author clams in the first few paragraphs that the bias interoperation of reconstruction of Abraham Lincoln having a swift plan to reinstate so...

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The communities of New England often kept a close watch on the families that lived within them, which supported the "English system where governance, socialization, and social welfare and economic activities all fell within the purview of the domestic household."4 "Town fathers" often kept a close watch on the families, especially in the case in which a family was having trouble, or could not pay its bills. ... As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well ...

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African Americans have constantly been inflicted with the social status of their low income level in contrast with that of White Americans. ... However, there is a huge wealth gap in social status among blacks and whites; because of oppression, discrimination and racism toward the modern day contemporary black. ... Tiger Woods signed contracts with American Express, Nike, Buick and they all profited extremely well because of him. ...

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These changes affected the social, economic and political affairs of Britain. ... Anthony Bacon, a leading ironmonger, also made a fortune out of his artillery contracts with the British government. ...

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This became essential to the colonists because the whites could concentrate more on the social businesses, such as trading and politics, while the African slaves would tend fields. ... As the colony grew profitable due to the seven year of hard labour that servants have done, the contracts of the servants were concluded and the settlers were reluctant to lose their labourers. ...

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A factor that may not have been considered in the 1965 thesis was the fact that there was a nationwide deterioration of the family due to social factors, such as the Vietnam War. ... Furthermore, the householder may be providing in contract only; she signed the lease, deed or mortgage but does not live there and provide the everyday (other that pecuniary) support. ...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. ... In exchange, the latter had to allow them social precedence. ... CONDITIONS OF THE SLAVES The only group that would have an interest in overthrowing the social order were the slaves of the father's household, in alliance with the bâ- dolo ("those without power," socially speaking, the poor peasants). 2 Indeed, it is ...

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Except for a few social deviants, neither Africans nor Europeans would enslave members of their own societies, but in the early modern period, Africans had a somewhat narrower conception of who was eligible for enslavement than had Europeans. ... The slave trade was thus a product of differing constructions of social identity and the ocean-going technology that brought Atlantic societies into sudden contact with each other. ... Because Amerindians died in large numbers, and insufficient numbers of Europeans were prepared to cross the Atlantic, the form that this demand took was shaped by con...

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